At Dizzy's, the Future of Jazz Is Being Written

[mjzee]

On any given night at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, programming director Todd Barkan introduces the band, thanks the audience (profusely) and issues his catch-phrase: "Take care of the music, and the music will take care of you."

On Monday, Jazz at Lincoln Center will announce a new way in which it is taking care of the future of the music: the Coca-Cola Generations in Jazz Festival, a five-week event, running from Sept. 6 to Oct. 10, that will aim to bring jazz musicians of all ages onstage together.

"We are reaching a critical stage in jazz music because we've lost a lot of people in the last few years," Mr. Barkan said. "Older artists teach a lot by example and the practice of jazz."

More here:

WSJ

[papsrus]

Sounds like a great idea.

Thanks for posting the link.

[paul secor]

Good that older musicians are being showcased, but having younger musicians playing in their styles doesn't lead to a future - at least imo. If jazz has a future - and I hope that it does - events like the Vision Fest and the Cleanfeed Fest, along with club dates and concerts featuring musicians who are interested in creating rather than recreating, are more important in feeding its future - again imo.

[JSngry]

Either way, jazz has a future, be it as a repertory music or as a truly "contemporary art".

Me myself, my record collection pretty much takes care of my need for the former...but you know how that goes....others mileage cand and does vary, be it for personal, political, and/or business reasons.

[ghost of miles]

A few of the usual suspects, but still a step in the right direction from earlier this summer:

Undead Jazzfest

Jsngry's remark is pretty apt, as usual. I do think there's some value in hearing repertory music live--for all of the raps against the LCJO, I've heard them and it does at least give you a sense of what a hard-swinging vintage-era big band must have sounded like in concert. For those of us born too late to have caught Duke or Basie or Woody, it's a good thing. But you've got to hope that there's more to the future of jazz then that (however we may choose to define "jazz," which might prove to be the crux of the matter).

[JSngry]

A few of the usual suspects, but still a step in the right direction from earlier this summer:

Undead Jazzfest

Jsngry's remark is pretty apt, as usual. I do think there's some value in hearing repertory music live--for all of the raps against the LCJO, I've heard them and it does at least give you a sense of what a hard-swinging vintage-era big band must have sounded like in concert. For those of us born too late to have caught Duke or Basie or Woody, it's a good thing.

Having heard Basie & Woody & a lot of other "real" (i.e. - with their original leaders and with constant, ongoing, road itineraries in place) big bands live, and often enough in full throttle, trust me -an "idea" is all you're getting, and not all that good a one at that.